# Primary Care Training and Enhancement (93.884)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/93-884-primary-care-training-and-enhancement/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Primary Care Training and Enhancement is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $268 million in 210 grants, about $1.3 million per award.

## Objectives

The overarching purpose of the PCTE Program is to strengthen the primary care workforce by supporting enhanced training for future primary care. Activities include: (1) plan, develop, and operate a program that provides training experiences in new competencies, such as providing training relevant to providing care through patient-centered medical homes, developing tools and curricula relevant to patient-centered medical homes, and providing continuing education to primary care providers relevant to patient-centered medical homes; (2) plan, develop and operate a program for the training of physicians who plan to teach in family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics; (3) plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians or physician assistants teaching in community-based settings; (4) provide need-based financial assistance in the form of traineeships and fellowships to students, residents, practicing physicians or other medical personnel, who are participants in any such program, who plan to work in, teach, or conduct research in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, or physician assistant education; and (5) plan, develop and operate joint degree programs to provide interdisciplinary and interprofessional graduate training in public health and other health professions to provide training in environmental health, infectious disease, disease prevention and health promotion, epidemiological studies and injury control.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $44.9 million | 121 |
| 2022 | $45.2 million | 116 |
| 2023 | $67.4 million | 131 |
| 2024 | $56.4 million | 131 |
| 2025 | $54.5 million | 129 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | Utah | $9.8 million |
| Idaho State University | Idaho | $7.6 million |
| The Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc. | Georgia | $7.2 million |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $6.9 million |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | $6.9 million |
| Meharry Medical College | Tennessee | $6.3 million |
| Texas a & M University System Health Science Center | Texas | $6.2 million |
| The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | New York | $5.9 million |
| Cook County Health Bureau | Illinois | $5.5 million |
| Cahaba Medical Care Foundation | Alabama | $5.3 million |
| Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education | Nevada | $5.0 million |
| Loma Linda University | California | $4.9 million |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | $4.8 million |
| A. T. Still University of Health Sciences | Missouri | $4.4 million |
| The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education | Pennsylvania | $4.3 million |
| Valley Health Team, Inc. | California | $4.3 million |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | West Virginia | $4.2 million |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Pennsylvania | $4.0 million |
| University of New Mexico | New Mexico | $3.9 million |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | $3.8 million |